Animal Videos

The Animal Care and Adoption Center in Texarkana, Ark., is our only animal shelter in town. They have a few hundred dogs and cats that need to be reclaimed or adopted. Room is always an issue at a city animal shelter. We feature an animal each week to help get the word out about many of these great …

The video below was taken of dogs on the adoption floor at the animal shelter in Texarkana on Monday afternoon, May 4. Maybe you will see a dog that you are interested in adopting or possibly a dog that looks like one that you lost recently.

These videos were taken of the dogs at the animal shelter in Texarkana on Monday, April 27. Please watch these videos to see if you recognize any of these dogs. Some may have recently been lost by someone you know.

This sweet shepherd mix is between one and two years old. She is very frightened to be at the shelter and would do so much better if she was in a home. She walks great on a leash and appears to be very healthy. She loves affection.

Alfie is just a brown dog and that is what caught my eye because I knew he would be passed over for more colorful dogs but this is what I learned about him yesterday. He is calm, sweet, smart and respectful. He also appears to be house trained.

Blaze is still at the animal shelter! He is so sweet and such a calm, loving dog. It is hard to believe that no one has adopted him yet. I hope you will help us find him a home or possibly find someone interested in sponsoring him so we can buy extra time to find a home for sweet Blaze.

These videos were taken of dogs and cats at the animal shelter in Texarkana on Wednesday morning, April 8. My last round of videos helped to reunite a few dog owners with their lost pets so I decided to do another round of videos and attempted to get every dog and every cat that is at the shelter.

Dogs get out of their yards, some runaway, others disappear and some are stolen. Often these dogs (and cats, pigs, horses, goats and chickens) wind up at the animal shelter. That was good news for one family recently but on the same day it was sad news for another family.

This sweet girl looks to be a fairly young adult that is mixed with Rottweiler, Labrador and Shepherd. She is incredibly fabulous on a leash. She walked so calmly out of the shelter while all of the other dogs were barking and bouncing at the gate. She was great!

Dog owners near DeKalb have been summoned to court on suspicion of animal cruelty. I attended a press conference about this case and took the photographs and videos below, depicting the environment of the animals.Do you believe these dogs should have been taken away from the owner?